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The effect of selection for body weight on the skeletal variation of the mouse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Gillian M. Truslove
Gillian M. Truslove
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Department of Human Genetics and Biometry, University College London, Wolfson House, 4, Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE
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The incidence of many minor skeletal variants in the inbred mouse strain C57BL can be influenced by the diet on which the parents live: in many cases, the effect is mediated by a correlation with body size. This also seems to be true in Falconer's (1973) Q-strain in which body size has been increased or decreased by selection. However, there was so much heterogeneity between replicates within selection lines that variants influenced by body size could be detected as a group, but not identified individually.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , August 1976 , pp. 1 - 10
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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